Quote Originally Posted by NozDeathlos View Post
I'm relatively new to the game and I main Dark. I can't seems to see why dark is inferior in comparison to other tanks. The only real experience i had when Dark is not wanted is Shinryu extreme - and that is because of the living dead and how healers refuse to heal dark. in terms of mitigation, I find the blackest night is very flexible (i cant say for the other two tanks, I only have them on level 60). In terms of DPS, well, I am still struggling to find the optimal rotation so cant really comment on that. Then again maybe i need to play PLD/WAR at level 70 to really feel the differences
Not really, even during levelling the gap between DRK and the other two in mitigation is noticeably large.

The issue with DRK is simply that anything it can do the others do better and it even lacks some of the tools the others have.

E.G. PLD has sentinel 40% mitigation 3min CD, WAR has vengeance 30% mitigation + counter 2min CD, DRK gets shadow wall, 30% mitigation 3min CD.

PLD has divine veil, WAR has shake it off, DRK has nothing.